Great sense of humour indeed, and could take a bit of a ribbing in his stride, remember the famous 'pinny and marigolds' photo, we never let him forget that one! And we learned so much about his beloved Eriskay and its special weed .... sorry Angus, flower! And the sun always shone on Troon-sur-Mer ...

This view at Whitby is from circa 1900 and the rather lovely paddle vessel looks to us more like a private yacht than an excursion ship .... on the chance that she may have been one of the many built on the Clyde, does anyone recognise her?

Very best wishes to our old friend Angus, look after yourself now, and be looked after, behave yourself, do as you are told (so what's new ;) ), excused washing-up and ironing, feet up and keep warm, eat the chocs., .... and Merry Christmas to you and all your supportive family, and wishing that 201...

Angus, it was a TV drama, so not a real passenger but they had woven the GEM into the story as a means of getting a lady from London and being washed up drowned at Scarborough ... so although fiction, someone had done some homework on real shipping which I thought both unusual and commendable! There...

Congrats for once for some historical accuracy in a TV programme .... the last episode of the excellent 'Remember Me' on BBC last night mentioned the tragic loss by mine of the GEM on Christmas Day 1914 off Scarborough, neatly woven into the story ... ignoring that she was on passage Mostyn for the ...

Quite an event Colin, lucky to have survived. Here on a probably rare visit to Goole, photo by Charlie Hill FOXFIELD CAH.jpg Worth mentioning the more tragic demise of LAIRDSFIELD, lost with all hands immediately after passing outward from the Tees on 06/02/1970, capsized after passing end of the br...

Brings back memories on 5 Dec 1964 when I was in Liverpool and saw ARKADIA on the Landing Stage while across the river QUEEN OF BERMUDA was in Cammell Laird's drydock .... maybe the last time they were so close and as you say not long before they met their ends.

'Cruising Monthly' reports that this Yarrow-built ferry continues in service on Lake Malawi, sailing weekly between Chipoka and Chilumba with 9 intermediate calls.
I don't suppose anyone is interested in running a charter trip on her ....

Just to let everyone know (with his permission) that our much valued contributor Woody (John McQuaid) has been laid low by a broken pelvis due to an accident at home, and is able to use the computer only with difficulty just now. I am sure everyone will wish him a speedy recovery and early return to...

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